You can't reason with that level of entrenched ideology. Smile, make no sudden movements, as you slowly back away from the crazy. As for PBS- meh. I like PBS. But there's no earthly reason why we ought to be paying for it when we're broke. Big Bird's well past his majority and making a tidy income, he needs to move out of the government nest already. There's really no reason we ought to support entertainment; if it's any good, it'll earn its keep. (Sesame Street has made billions.) In the words of the great Robert Heinlein: “A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore. ”